When I was first approached…Betterhelp International…. to perhaps work together with them on a youtube series among the important things that was truly essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I picked to provide and also you know my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially stated you know we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and talk about what you know and one of the things that I really wished to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you understand I believe it can be extremely useful for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
practically enhances the the therapeutic experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I completely delight in that and there are people that I see there that I would not think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfortable and which’s okay those 2 things can both be true and I think one of the important things that I wish to begin to have people think about is there’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is really a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I talk about certain therapy designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I believe that one of the issues that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is trying to replace offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had lots of discussions with the creator of where he has actually pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his objective is to supply psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment workplace and I 100% assistance that objective and I believe it’s important and we have a problem with gain access to
to psychological health care in this country and is one option as our other online companies I was discussing previously that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline treatment is better suited for and I’ve really I’ve in fact spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite passionate about and I need to say that my viewpoint has been popular by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I just wanted to invest a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most suitable for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific location for people who are battling with hard life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than normal for circumstances where you know they have an extremely precise issue with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that therapy because it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online counseling since it includes a great deal of research it involves worksheets it includes finding out particular skills and techniques so moderate milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has received care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you understand think about someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a counselor from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are truly terrified of being caught and caught in a place where they may have an anxiety attack and so essentially they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities until many of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can connect through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s an excellent primary step is that going to cure them absolutely not since agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process undoubtedly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that preliminary encouraging method to counseling where they can really have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly interact that anything that I show you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can therefore I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I will not share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I don’t believe that and so you can constantly expect to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and valuable if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of various psychological health topics and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to resolve or cover in an upcoming video